I do remember the Vesper collection having some items in it - I'm afraid I don't remember how many. (I also remember a well-populated zoo.)
That was back in the day when the Gypsy Headdress could still be CBD'd, and was extremely popular.
I remember delivering about a dozen beetles full of frostwood there every day for a month at one point.
Of course, that was before wood and ore locations went through their changes...
Once all the blessing changes came in, and resources took more effort to find, I suppose people lost interest.
Not to mention that town loyalty took priority over from zoo/library/museum donations when it came out - people can only farm so many logs/rocks/etc a day!